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Chapter 1: Getting Started
DG8 REFERENCE MANUAL 25
HOW THE SOUNDS ARE SELECTED
5. Single Mode
The DG8 is in Single mode when a Keyboard or Card Program is played alone
– the DG8 is not in a Layer or Split. The Program’s name and label appears in
the top line of the display under the
PRIMARY SOUND heading. The Keyboard
or Card Program that is displayed here will be appropriately called the
Primary sound or simply “the Primary” throughout the manual.
The important concept to understand here is that a Primary sound is
always active, whether it is an internal Keyboard Program or a Card
Program.
With this principle in mind, you can think of a Layer as “adding another
Keyboard or Card Program to be played on top of the current Primary”.
Likewise, a Split is created when “a Bass or Card Program is played on the
lower range of keys with the Primary on the upper range”. The Layer and
Split play modes are described in the following two topics:
6. Layers
A Layer is simply two Keyboard or Card Programs (or one of each) stacked
one on top of the other. Selecting a Layer causes the keys to play the two
Programs simultaneously. There are two methods you can use to create a
Layer:
• Press and hold the LAYER/OFF button then press a Keyboard Bank button
or the
CARD button. The current Program in the PRIMARY display will be
layered with a second Keyboard Program (or a Card Program) that
appears in the
LAYER segment of the display.
OR
• Press a Keyboard Bank button to select the Primary sound. While you
are still pressing the Keyboard Bank button, press another Keyboard
Bank or the
CARD button to select the Layer sound.
• In either case, use the ▲ and ▼ arrows, if necessary, to select the desired
Keyboard Program or Card Program of the
LAYER sound.
Variations:
• You can layer two Programs from the same Keyboard Bank. After
selecting the desired Primary program, press and hold the
LAYER/OFF
button and press the same Keyboard Bank button. Use the ▲ and ▼
arrows to select the desired Keyboard Program in that Bank. Please note
that this method is the only way you can layer two Keyboard Programs
from the same Bank.
• If a Card Program is the Primary, pressing and holding LAYER/OFF then
pressing
CARD causes two Card Programs to be layered. Please note that
this method – using the
LAYER/OFF button to create the Layer – is the only
way you can layer two Card Programs.
• Use the LAYER LEVEL slider to adjust the volume of the LAYER sound
relative to the
PRIMARY.
• To exit this mode, press the LAYER/OFF button.